Apricot Cosmo

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Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
2 oz Ketel One Vodka
1 barspoon Apricot jam (preserve)
1 oz Cranberry juice (sweetened)
1⁄4 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
1⁄2 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
2 dash Orange Bitters by Angostura
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Apricot slice

How to make:

STIR apricot preserve with vodka until preserve dissolves. Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

Review:

The apricot preserve adds a flavoursome tang to the contemporary classic.

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Variant:

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History:

A riff on the classic Cosmopolitan cocktail created in 2004 at Aura Kitchen & Bar in London, England.

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Massimo Cremieux’s Avatar Massimo Cremieux
17th June 2024 at 17:50
I tried to use pomegranate juice without sugar syrup. Not great result.
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Ciara Sherry-Wooldridge’s Avatar Ciara Sherry-Wooldridge
27th July 2023 at 20:26
Used 15ml apricot brandy instead of jam and removed the sugar syrup - it was delicious!
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Kjell Eriksson’s Avatar Kjell Eriksson
11th May 2022 at 21:24
Yes indeed, a bit on the sweet side, with the tartness of the cranberries less pronounced. I think maybe the spoon was too full of jam, and it's sweet, being of the Tiptree variety. I’ll use less jam the next time.
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Sally Morgan’s Avatar Sally Morgan
7th March 2021 at 20:12
I found these proportions a bit on the sweet side but dial down the sugar syrup to 5ml and it’s much more sophisticated
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